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Blog Readers’ Comments Share Vol.8 – Porsche 911 GT3, Manual Cars, VW Golf, Abarth,...

Thank you to everyone who regularly reads this blog. Here, we periodically share comments from our readers, and this is the eighth installment. As before, we’ve lightly edited the comments—extracting only the necessary parts and providing enough context—to present them here. About Porsche 991.2 GT3 The GT3 can reach about 88 km/h at 6000 rpm in 2nd gear, so during break-in it’s tough because there are limited places where you can really push it. I’m...

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Driving a Manual Car – Why Throttle Control Is Just as Important as the Clutch

Gently and Slowly on the Throttle Back when I couldn’t drive a manual car at all, I was so focused on clutch operation that I had no room to think about anything else. Then one day, I found a video online titled, “Driving a manual car is all about throttle control.” When driving a manual, it’s natural to focus on the clutch, but the video explained that “it’s important to ease off the throttle slowly...

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Attending the 1st Anniversary Event of Porsche Classic Partner

Porsche Classic Partner Recently, I attended the “Porsche Classic Partner 1st Anniversary Event” held at Porsche Center Sakai. A Porsche Classic Partner is a dealer certified by Porsche AG as having expert knowledge about classic Porsches and capable of providing proper service and advice. There are only four such dealers in Japan so far. The goal is to help classic Porsche owners enjoy their beloved cars for even longer. They supply about 52,000 types of...

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Started “Meidou Map” – Creating Touring Maps for Car Enthusiasts

Japan’s Famous Roads My husband regularly goes on long tours, and each time he comes back with a huge collection of photos of cars and scenery. Every time I see those photos, I’m amazed and think, “So Japan really does have such magnificent nature and beautiful roads…” Recently, when he returned from a tour in Tohoku, he excitedly said, One week isn’t nearly enough to cover it all, and I still want to drive more....

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Mastering the Porsche 911 GT3, Vol.1 – A Drive to Sanda Burgring

Heading to Sanda Burgring in the GT3 The other day, I took the GT3 out on a Sunday morning drive along the Royu Driveway. Since my mother-in-law kindly offered to watch the kids until evening, I took advantage of that and decided to head out for a drive to Sanda (Sanda Burgring) in the GT3 in the afternoon. (More about Sanda Burgring here↓) 911（964C2）に乗って、サンダブルクリンクを走ってきた。 We left home with my husband driving first. Along the way,...

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A Sunday Morning Drive on the Royu Driveway in the Porsche 911 GT3!

Sunday Morning on the Royu Driveway One weekend in June, since my mother-in-law was coming to stay, we arranged for her to watch the kids on Sunday morning, and my husband and I decided to head out to the Royu Driveway together for the first time in a while. The last time we went, even arriving at 8:15 AM, there were hardly any parking spots left, so this time we aimed to get there by...

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Interview with KUGATTI, the University Student Car Photographer Who Has Been Shooting Car...

Yuki Rikui Profile (21 years old) Based in Kobe, a senior university student. A lifelong car enthusiast, by the time he was in the third year of junior high school, he started photographing sports cars and supercars spotted around town. His photos, which beautifully capture the charm of cars, quickly gained attention, and now he receives requests to shoot beloved cars not only in Kansai but also from owners in Tokyo. Currently, he is in...

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Can Parenting and Car Life Really Coexist?

Parenting and Car Life In this blog, I often write about our kids. Things like “how it was when we went touring together,” “seeing them fast asleep in the back seat,” or “my eldest daughter sniffing my husband and saying it smells like an air-cooled engine,” and so on. That said, I don’t intend to make parenting the main focus, but since this is a “car blog written by a mother of two young children,”...

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Interview with Ukyo Sasahara – Training, Pressure, and Future Goals

Porsche Japan Driver Ukyo Sasahara Recently, at the Porsche Sportscar Together Day 2019, I had the opportunity to interview Ukyo Sasahara, who is competing this season as a Porsche Japan Junior Driver in the PCCJ(Porsche Carrera Cup Japan). Ukyo Sasahara, born in 1996 and from Gunma Prefecture, is 23 years old. He made his racing debut in karting in 2003 and has won championships in various domestic and international series. Since 2013, he has competed...

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The Joy of Driving a Manual Transmission Car, Discovered by Someone Who Only Drove Automa...

Driving a Manual Is Fun I’ve started to really enjoy driving a manual transmission (MT) car. At first, it felt like I had to force myself to drive every day for practice, but lately, I’ve found myself driving for no particular reason at all. I used to say, “There’s no way I can drive a manual,” but now, why do I find driving an MT car so enjoyable? I think it’s because I can feel...

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